by Brooks Jessen | Mar 28, 2012 | General
I guided today in many different weather conditions on the Bitterroot north of Hamilton Montana. It started out raining, then got warm and sunny, then a windstorm/blizzard/monsoon with real cold air blew in. Trees snapping, hail coming down. We...
by Brooks Jessen | Mar 23, 2012 | Bitter root, Skwala's
I’ve been guiding the last 4 days on the Bitterroot. It was cold, snowy, and windy for 3 days, we caught some fish on dries but for the most part we had to get em on droppers. SJ worms and stonefly nymphs worked best. Yesterday they...
by Brooks Jessen | Mar 16, 2012 | elk hunting, guide success, moto-cross, professional fishing guide
“You guides show up late for work, grumble about being hung-over, take your guys fishing, and have fun all day every day. When are you going to get a real job”? I hear it all the time. I usually just shrug and...
by Brooks Jessen | Mar 14, 2012 | drift boats, Idaho Falls, Jackson Hot Springs, Old flies
We floated a few days recently and we’re pretty much ready to roll. Dropper fishing is good and surprisingly streamers have been getting bit even on sunny days. Patch sent me some pics of some adult skwala’s. Its Time!!! My family...
by Brooks Jessen | Mar 7, 2012 | Bitter root, elk rifle, Skwala
Joe and I fished on Monday It was fun initially but my casting was bad, I did manage to catch a fish on a dry fly, and stuck some nice fish on droppers, it got windy and blew us off the river after a 2 hour float on the Bitterroot. The float was fun...
